Apparatus for heating flat-irons.



F, SOHITKA. APPARATUS FOR HEATING FLAT IRONS.

APPLICATION PILED FREE, 1910.

Patented May 31, 1910.

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FERDINAND SCI-IITKA, OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOWLADISLAW KOLISCHER, 0F VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

APPARATUS FOR HEATING FLAT-IRONS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND SGHITKA, a citizen of Austria, andresident of Vienna, Lower Austria, and Empire of Austria Hungary, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for HeatingFlat-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for ieating flat irons and moreparticularly to such heaters consuming gaseous or liquid fuel in whichthe flat iron to be heated is held in position by a supporting platejournaled turnably in the top of the heating chamber in such a manner,that for the purpose of heating the flat iron the same can be brought inthe closed heating chamber by turning the movable supporting plate. Theheating apparatus hitherto constructed for this purpose is usable onlyfor heating flat irons having a detachable handle because, on the onehand, the arrangement of the several parts does not allow the insertingand the removal of the flat irons, while on the other hand there is adanger of ignition of the handle made of wood.

The object of this invention allows not only to heat fiat irons having adetachable handle but also flat irons having a handle fixed thereonthelatter being preferred in many cases in view of the greater security andgreater convenience in using the flat irons without any necessity ofmaking Voluminous heating chambers required by the handle and withoutany inconvenience in using the apparatus. To obtain this purpose one ofthe side walls surrounding the heating chamber is fixed on or made inone piece with the turnable supporting plate supporting the flat ironand the burner is disposed in the heating chamber in such a manner thatby turning the flat iron downward into the heating chamber the burnercomes to be in position between the flat iron and the handle of thelatter.

An embodiment of the invention is shown on the accompanying drawing inwhich- Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section and Fig. 2 a verticalcross section of the apparatus; in both figures there are shown thedownward turned position of the supporting plate in full lines and theupward turned position in dotted lines.

The heating chamber a is surrounded by the casing Z) supported by feet 6and is Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 31, 1910.

Application filed February 2, 1910. Serial No. 541,536.

covered with a plate d supporting the flat iron 0 to be heated and beingjournaled turnably by pivots c, the supporting plate is furnished withfastening ribs 7 or grooves for securing the flat iron up to thesupporting plate.

One of the longitudinal side walls 6 of the casing b forming the heatingchamber is not connected with the adjacent cross walls but is secured toor made in one piece with the turnable supporting plate (Z in such a.manner, that by turning the supporting plate the annexed wall 6 is alsoturned upward or downward.

The heating device 9, (in the illustrated embodiment a tubular gasburner,) does not extend the whole length of the heating chamher butterminates a distance from the respective cross wall of the casing forthe purpose of obtaining a space for passing the bridge I71, of thehandle of the flat iron if the supporting plate is turned. By this theflat iron can be brought into a strictly vertical position above theburner g. The handle 2' of the flat iron comes into a position below theburner g and is therefore not subjected to the influence of heatradiated by the burner.

For the removing of the heated flat iron the handle of same is turned ina semicircle from below to above whereby the supporting plate is alsoturned 180 degrees. By this turning of the supporting plate the flatiron is brought up to the upper side of the casing and can be removedfrom the ribs or grooves.

What I claim is:

In an apparatus for heating flat irons the combination of a heatingchamber surrounded by side walls and covered by a turnable supportingplate having ribs or grooves for fastening the flat iron to be heated,one side wall of the casing being secured to the supporting plate and aheating device arranged in such a manner that by turning the supportingplate the bridge of the handle of the flat iron passes between the endof the heating device and the opposite cross wall of the heatingchamber, substantially as set forth.

Signed at Vienna Lower Austria and Empire of Austria-I-Iungary this 21stday of January A. D. 1910.

FERDINAND SCHITKA.

Witnesses:

VVILHELM BERGER, AUGUST FUGGER.

